Americas * The Navy has begun integration testing and certification of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) onto F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. The missile is scheduled for fielding on the aircraft in 2019, with the LRASM a joint DARPA/Navy development program...
Americas * Following the news earlier this week that the Pentagon intends to increase the number of UAV Combat Air Patrols by 50% by 2019, private contractors are reported to already be stepping into the breach to support stretched Air Force personnel. General Atomics...
CACI International received a $75 million task order to support the US Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) under the Technical Engineering Support Services...
Americas * Lockheed Martin is reportedly developing an optionally-manned, high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to replace the company's U-2 and Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk. The new design intends to combine the best features of...
Americas * The Missile Defense Agency is reportedly revamping the Airborne Laser (ABL) concept it ditched in 2012. The newly-designed concept will see the laser - designed to intercept ballistic missiles - equipping a long-range UAV. The head of Boeing's Phantom Works...
On Sept 30/08, "The USA's National Cybersecurity Initiative" focused on the belated but growing reaction to recent uses of cyber-attacks as an adjunct to warfare, and by the growing rate of attempted intrusions into American systems from countries like China. "Secure...
Americas * The Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) has successfully conducted live-fire testing using the ship's surface warfare mission module, firing the ship's Mark 46 30mm cannon and Mark 110 57 mm gun, hitting surface targets off the West Coast. The BAE...
Al-Tariq(click to view full) In September 2012, Denel Dynamics signed an important deal with the UAE's Tawazun Holding. By creating a joint firm near Abu Dhabi to manufacture and develop guided weapons, the new Tawazun Dynamics partnership will be able to offer...
MiG-29SMT(click to view full) In June 2007, Russian newspapers claimed that Russia had begun delivering 5 MiG-31E Foxhound aircraft to Syria, under a deal that was reportedly negotiated in autumn 2006. The Russian newspaper Kommersant added that part of the deal was...